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How much is the delay in electrodermal response? i.e., the time it takes before which an electrodermal response can be realized. Basically I want to calculate the rate or frequency at which the measurements should be taken without missing any relevant data.

$\begingroup$What is the delay, or how long is the delay? I'm not certain what you are exactly interested in.$\endgroup$
– Steven Jeuris♦Sep 19 '13 at 12:58

$\begingroup$"How long" is what I'm interested in knowing. Basically I want to calculate the rate or frequency at which the measurements should be taken without missing any response data.$\endgroup$
– mindreaderSep 20 '13 at 2:27

$\begingroup$The answer to your question regard to the EDA is getting a base level for responses from a candidate. The only way to measure this correctly is in to match body temperature and climate to the test subject but there must be no brain activity or any environental changes and zero atmosphere. Zero gravity and a non oxygen environment don't work but body frequency levels will help to check brain activity levels as a guide$\endgroup$
– user16595Jul 28 '17 at 20:05

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Interest in the conductance between skin electrodes, usually placed at the palmar surface, arose because of the involvement of the sweat glands in this measurement. Since sweat gland activity, in turn, is controlled by sympathetic nerve activity, this measurement has been considered as an ideal way to monitor the autonomic nervous system

Given that it takes time for processes in the human body to occur, the time delay or latency for the electrodermal response is due to, (from the article):

If one assumes initial resting conditions, then
a sweat response consists of sweat rising in the ducts
, and correspondingly R2 slowly diminishes. The response latency is associated with the time required for this to take place.

So far, there is still no clear consensus regarding the relation between the specific responses of the autonomic nervous system activity, and the features typically extracted from the electrodermal activity signals.

However,

In this paper we present an experimental setup and corresponding data analysis for electrodermal response propagation time measurement.